NASFAA As a response to the April 2015 closure of Corinthian Colleges, NASFAA collaborated with other organizations to assist students whose college or career school closed while they were attending, or shortly after they withdrew. With the help of grant funding, a ticketing website, and a working group comprised of […]
eCampus News BY ELLEN ULLMAN Higher ed leaders: You have the opportunity to be at the forefront. Most companies are focused on millennials, but they should pay attention to Generation Z (Gen Z). Gen Z, the oldest of whom are 23, are accustomed to scrolling, clicking, and monitoring social media […]
ACICS Final Decision of the Secretary On November 21, 2018 Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued a final decision to reinstate the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) as a recognized accreditor. Today’s decision follows the September 28 action of the Senior Department Official (SDO), who determined […]
The Hill BY A.J. KRITIKOS Education Secretary Betsy DeVos should be commended for her agency’s herculean work to roll back many harmful Obama-era regulations that targeted nonprofit and for-profit private colleges. Many of these burdensome regulations were designed and implemented with a single purpose of running private for-profit and private nonprofit colleges […]
Georgia Tech moves forward with plans to create storefronts for its online education programs, joining a growing number of institutions offering hybrid online learning experiences. Inside Higher Ed by Lindsay McKenzie Georgia Institute of Technology is considering creating brick-and-mortar “storefronts” for prospective and current students to sample its course offerings, listen to […]
Business Insider Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday restored federal recognition to an accrediting group that oversees dozens of for-profit colleges but was shut down by the Obama administration over allegations of lax supervision. Her decision says the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools was found to be “substantially […]
Education Next This year’s meeting of the for-profit higher-education industry’s principal membership association was held at Walt Disney World—which, for the 1,000 people who attended, might have seemed the second most magical place on earth. First place, at the moment, is Washington, D.C., where friends and allies have created a regulatory reprieve […]
Chronicle of Higher Education By Andy Thomason Updated (11/21/2018, 1:25 p.m.) with a comment from Liz Hill, a spokeswoman for the Education Department. The U.S. Education Department has reportedly restored federal recognition to the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, the controversial accreditor of for-profit colleges that saw its […]
By Dian Schaffhauser Personalized communication matters in higher education. According to a recent survey, not only did students say they’d be more likely to choose a school that personalized its communications to them during the recruitment process, but alumni said they’d probably donate more often if they knew their money […]
AP News By KEN SWEET NEW YORK (AP) — One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into higher-cost repayment plans. That’s the finding of a Department of Education audit of practices at Navient Corp., the nation’s […]